Abubakar Muratovich Khaslakhanau (Russian: Абубакар Муратович Хаслаханов; born 25 April 2004) is a Russian-Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler who currently competes at 97 kilograms.[1]

Abubakar Khaslakhanau
Personal information
Birth nameАбубакар Муратович Хаслаханов
Full nameAbubakar Muratovich Khaslakhanau
Born (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 20)
Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb; 15.3 st)
Sport
Country Belarus
SportAmateur wrestling
EventGreco-Roman
Medal record
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
Representing Individual Neutral Athletes
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bucharest 97 kg
Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zagreb 97 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Amman 97 kg
Representing  Belarus
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest 92 kg
European Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Samokov 92 kg

Wrestling career edit

Abubakar was born in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. At the age of 6 he moved to Minsk, Republic of Belarus and at the age of 10 came to the Greco-Roman wrestling category of the sports club "Legion", where he started to be coached by Kirill Fomenko.[2]

Abubakar is the winner of the championship of the Republic of Belarus among cadets in 2021, in the weight up to 92 kg, as well as the winner of the world championship 2021 and bronze medalist of the European championship among cadets in 2021. In 2022, he won the Junior Championship of the Republic of Belarus, in weight category up to 97 kg.[3]

He won one of the bronze medals in the 97 kg event at the 2024 European Wrestling Championships held in Bucharest, Romania.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Abubakar Khaslakhanau profile page". uww.org.
  2. ^ https://infosport.ru/person/borba-greko-rimskaya/haslahanov-abubakar-muratovich
  3. ^ https://rgvktv.ru/news/sport/v-kaspiyske-proshel-mezhdunarodnyy-turnir-po-greko-rimskoy-borbe-sredi-yuniorov11112022/
  4. ^ "European Senior Championships". United World Wrestling.

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